my sliding setup.. questions..

[Russhizzle]

ok i was thinking about purchasing a sliding setup, how does this sound, gravity BE40 with 60mm sergio yuppie sliders 99a, with conventional trucks, does it matter what bearings you get for sliding? can i get anything cheap? do those sergio wheels have spacers, cuz i dont want a bearing wheel combo that doesnt fit. thx

[Roodog]

Pm sent, I might have something you are interested in.

Bearing do get damaged by sliding since there is so much lateral force put on them, something which they are not desigend for. Some people recommend Biltins since they can be cranked down tighter and work more like a unit.

[Maxtreme307]

go for orion trucks, they rock hard...

[Deliciouscarver]

That sounds like an ok setup the sergios slide really well and the BE is a sick board, indys work nice for sliding.

[doctor worm]

brad edwards is too big, especially for a beginner

[easy]

the BE40 is a lot shorter than it seems... huge nose, huge tail, reasonable wheelbase - lots of wasted length - actually a pretty good choice.

[silversurfer]

the BE40 is a lot shorter than it seems... huge nose, huge tail, reasonable wheelbase - lots of wasted length - actually a pretty good choice.

Kicks are too far apart for a beginer unless really tall with a wide stance.

A good slider like kai would have no trouble sliding anything, but for beginers a short, double kicked, concaved stiff board with trackers or indys, buitin bearings and hard strikers or new skoolz, maybe flashbacks
would be the ticket.

Take a look at these links to see some more info on good slide set ups and techniques.

http://www.geocities.com/sk8sanjose/sliding.html

www.faltownskateboards.com

[bean-a-reano]

It really depends on how tall he/she is. And are you more comfortable on a longer or shorter deck. You will need to buy 10mm spacers for the sergios.

BTW Silversurfer they are biltins and no skoolz.

[jjb]

the BE40 is a lot shorter than it seems... huge nose, huge tail, reasonable wheelbase - lots of wasted length - actually a pretty good choice.

Kicks are too far apart for a beginer unless really tall with a wide stance.

Why would a beginner - by which I mean someone who can't slide - buy a slide specific set up? Just get some hard wheels[*] and gloves and ride what you're got. If you decide you're into it and what to progress onto trick slides, then its time to start thinking about buying a specific setup.

I don't really agree that for simple pendulums shorter boards are than much easier (or harder) to use, than longer(within reason, I'm not talking 6ft here) boards. For example a larger, heavier board has more momentum which can help with the rotation.
[*] or you could just learn on the wheels you're got, but they're probably on the soft side and will get wrecked pretty quick.

[drummrguy]

slide setups are like surfboards, when your learning you want something long so it is easier to control the slide without it whipping you into a quick 180 wich is what happens to beginners, once you learn how to control slides, then get the smaller deck so you can pull off more tricks and spins...... i dont see why a short board would be good for a beginer, the shorter the wheelbase the HARDER it is to control. So i would opt for the brad edwards deck, its just about perfect for learning to slide, and it still rotates fairly easily so its not like your gunna need a new board when you wanna learn 360s

[doctor worm]

what you can do, is follow the route i followed into sliding (not the best). first, i started building really short boards like 16 inches so that i could do really sharp turns to "bert" the faster i went, the more i started to slide, instead of turn. i got my hands on a BDS red dog re issue, and used that for slidingm still doing sharp turns with a little skid, still no slide gloves. then i got some 80a AT 80's and used those. i could do 180's still without gloves. then i made some gloves with wooden pucks, and when the pavement was wet, i could do 360's sorta. then i joined silverfish, learned i should get some hard wheels, and make some real gloves, and so it began...

follow my route and you will be hip

[Russhizzle]

yea once i save up enough money i think im buying the sergio sliders (w/ biltins) 1st, then put those on my shortboard and then once enoughmoney im gettin a BE40, then ill b stylin..

[silversurfer]

BTW Silversurfer they are biltins and no skoolz.

What did I say?

I was prolly just typing fast, drunk or stoned. You pick.

Or was I wrong on some technical detail other than the exact names and spellings?



BTW sergio sliders and other gravity wheels do not generally fit builtin bearings or vice versa.

Although I understand that Bean-o-reano has some how made it work.
By modifying beano, or how did you do that?

[bean-a-reano]

Spelling

I had to add a speed ring in between the biltins. The sergios are weird, I spent several days swapping bearings and spacers trying to figure out why they kept binding. Ebasil let me in on the little tip. They slide nicely, but I had too much trouble installing them and won't guy another set of Gravity wheels.

[drummrguy]

what you can do, is follow the route i followed into sliding (not the best). first, i started building really short boards like 16 inches so that i could do really sharp turns to "bert" the faster i went, the more i started to slide, instead of turn. i got my hands on a BDS red dog re issue, and used that for slidingm still doing sharp turns with a little skid, still no slide gloves. then i got some 80a AT 80's and used those. i could do 180's still without gloves. then i made some gloves with wooden pucks, and when the pavement was wet, i could do 360's sorta. then i joined silverfish, learned i should get some hard wheels, and make some real gloves, and so it began...

follow my route and you will be hip

if your intrested in trick sliding i think this is a crappy route to take, just start with hard wheels and a relaxed 14-28 inch wheelbased doubble kick board

[drummrguy]

doesent really need to be doubble kicked, i slide a flat ed economy surfrider all the time, but its better for long drawn out slides, if your in it for the spins go with a shorter board if your in it for the smoothe slides, go for something like say, a mini carve, its my favorite sliding board right now.